Beyond Whims and Fancies

'We must have a real living determination to reach holiness. 

I will be a saint means I will despoil myself of all that is not God; 

I will strip my heart of all created things; 

I will live in poverty and detachment; 

I will renounce my will, my inclinations, my whims and fancies, 

and make myself a willing slave to the will of God.'

St. Teresa of Calcutta

Painting: Ferdinand du Puigaudeau, The Wayside Cross at Rochefort-en-Terre

Our Valentine

Where Love Must Start

Painting: Winslow Homer, Pumpkin Patch, 1878

Absent, to be Here

My Calcutta

'Stay where you are. Find your own Calcutta.

Find the sick, the suffering, and the lonely 

right there in your own homes, 

in your own families, 

in your workplaces and in your schools...
You can find Calcutta all over the world, 
if you have the eyes to see.' 

St. Teresa of Calcutta

             

A New Perspective